National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
James Porterie was a security guard at Los Alamos tasked with guarding bomb components. Porterie went to Aberdeen Proving Ground for Ordnance School before volunteering for an assignment at Los Alamos.
Bradie F. Shannon worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.
Fred Dennis worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd President of the United States of America. Truman first learned of the Manhattan Project after the death of President Roosevelt in April of 1945, when he relinquished his role as Vice President and took the oath of office as the next president of the United States.
